Incidentally, I get magazines from two apartment associations and I read every page of every copy and I am always surprised when I realize that I just learned something that is critical for keeping up with the laws.

I think having a great PM is critical for any long-distance investing regardless of if you're overseas or just a few hours away.

If that's the goal then number of doors is critical to your success long term.If owing real estate is a hedge and long term then the money is made in Appreciation and tax bene's and letting your tenant pay for your house. 

You'll need to find out the rules in your area-- It's really critical if you want effectively deal with problem tenants.

With any investment, beating inflation is critical and rental housing does it most every time, because just the underlying asset tracks inflation. 7.

It is critical that you do this.

Your income is critical here.Portfolio - I'll define these loans as loans that come from the bank's own "portfolio" of money.

Paying a good property manager, that screens tenants, checks in on the property, etc. will be critical to protecting your asset.  

This is going to be critical to do on the property after their work is complete.I hope this helps in some way.

My criticism are 2 points: 1) If tenants refuse to participate after good faith effort on LL part, the money should be disbursed to LL as I housed them for free 6 months.  2) If tenants moved out for whatever reason, it should not be the ground to deny LL funds and again because LL did house the tenants for free and have well documented loss as a result of non pay tenants.